UHezekeli 24

24 ¹Ngomnyaka wesishiyagalolunye, ngenyanga yeshumi, ngosuku lweshumi, izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi:

²Ndodana yomuntu, bhala phansi igama lalolu suku, lolu suku kanye. Inkosi yaseBabiloni ivimbezele iJerusalema ngalolu suku kanye. ³Khuluma umfanekiso endlini evukelayo, uthi kubo: Usho kanje uBaba oBusayo: “Beka ikhanzi eziko, uthele amanzi kulo. ⁴Faka izingcezu, zonke izingcezu ezinhle, ithanga nehlombe; uligcwalise ngamathambo akhethekile. ⁵Thatha okukhethekile komhlambi, ubuthelele izinkuni ngaphansi kwalo; ulibilise, upheke amathambo alo kulo.”

⁶Usho kanje uBaba oBusayo: Maye kuwo umuzi ochitha igazi, ikhanzi elinokugqwala phakathi kwalo, okugqwala kwalo okungaphumanga kulo! Likhiphe ingcezu ngengcezu; alibanjelwanga nkatho. ^a a v6 Inkatho yayibanjwa ukuze kukhethwe; lapha akubanjwa nkatho — ingcezu ngayinye iphuma ngokungakhethi, kufanekisa ukwahlulelwa okuphelele kweJerusalema. ⁷“Ngokuba igazi lakhe liphakathi kwakhe; walibeka edwaleni elize. Akazange alithele emhlabathini ukuze alimboze ngothuli. ⁸Ukuze ngivuse ulaka ngilethe ubulungiswa, ngibeke igazi lakhe edwaleni elize, ukuze lingambozwa.”

⁹Ngakho usho kanje uBaba oBusayo: “Maye kuwo umuzi ochitha igazi! Nami ngizobuthelela izinkuni phezulu. ¹⁰Beka izinkuni ngobuningi, uphembe umlilo, upheke inyama ivuthwe, uhlanganise iziyoliso, amathambo ashiswe aphele. ¹¹Bese ubeka ikhanzi elingenalutho phezu kwamalahle alo ukuze lifudumale, ithusi lalo licwebezele, ukuze ukungcola kwalo kuncibilike phakathi kwalo, nokugqwala kwalo kuqedwe. ¹²Uzikhandlile ngomsebenzi onzima, kodwa ukugqwala kwakhe okukhulu ngeke kumuke kuye; ukugqwala kwakhe kuhlala ngisho nasemlilweni. ¹³Ukungcola kwakho kungukuziphatha kwakho okuyihlazo. Ngenxa yokuthi ngazama ukukuhlanza kodwa awuvumanga ukuhlanzwa, ngeke uphinde uhlanzeke ngize ngenelise ulaka lwami kuwe. ¹⁴Mina, uBaba wakho, ngikhulumile. Kuyeza, ngizokwenza. Ngeke ngigodle, ngeke ngihawukele, futhi ngeke ngizisole. Bayokwahlulela wena ngokwezindlela zakho nangokwezenzo zakho, kusho uBaba oBusayo.”

UBaba Uthatha UmkaHezekeli

¹⁵Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi:

¹⁶“Ndodana yomuntu, ngokushaya okukodwa ngizothatha kuwe intokozo yamehlo akho. Kodwa ungalili ungakhali, izinyembezi zakho mazingehli. ^b b v16 Ukufa komkaHezekeli kwaba yisibonakaliso esiphilayo: ukudabuka kwakhe okwenqatshelwe kwabonisa ukulahlekelwa okungachazeki u-Israyeli ayezokuzwa lapho ithempeli liwa. ¹⁷Bubula buthule; ungabalileli abafileyo. Gqoka iqhiya lakho, ufake namanyathela ezinyaweni zakho; ungambozi izindebe zakho, ungadli isinkwa sabalilayo.”

¹⁸Ngakhuluma nabantu ngalowo mhla ekuseni; kusihlwa umkami wafa. Ngakusasa ekuseni ngenza njengoba ngangiyaliwe.

¹⁹Khona-ke abantu bangibuza bathi, Awuyikusitshela yini ukuthi lezi zinto zisho ukuthini kithi—ukuthi kungani wenza kanje?

²⁰Ngakho ngathi kubo, Izwi likaBaba wethu lafika kimi:

²¹Yisho endlini ka-Israyeli: Usho kanje uBaba oBusayo: “Bheka ngizongcolisa indlu yami engcwele, ukuziqhenya kwamandla enu, intokozo yamehlo enu, isifiso somphefumulo wenu; namadodana namadodakazi enu eniwashiyile ayokuwa ngenkemba. ²²Niyokwenza njengoba ngenzile: ningambozi izindebe zenu, ningadli isinkwa sabalilayo. ²³Amaqhiya enu ayohlala emakhanda enu, namanyathela ezinyaweni zenu. Ngeke nilile, ngeke nikhale, kodwa niyoncipha ezonweni zenu, nibubulelane. ²⁴Ngakho uHezekeli uyisibonakaliso kini; niyokwenza konke akwenzile. Lapho kwenzeka, niyokwazi ukuthi nginguBaba oBusayo.

²⁵“Wena-ke, ndodana yomuntu—ngosuku engiyothatha ngalo kubo inqaba yabo, injabulo nenkazimulo yabo, intokozo yamehlo abo, isifiso senhliziyo yabo, namadodana namadodakazi abo, ²⁶ngalolo suku obalekayo uyoza kuwe ezokulethela izindaba. ²⁷Ngalolo suku, lapho obalekile efika, umlomo wakho uyovuleka; uyokhuluma, ungabe usathula. Ngakho uyoba yisibonakaliso kubo, bayokwazi ukuthi nginguBaba wakho.”